devourer

English

Etymology

devour +‎ -er

Noun

devourer (plural devourers)

One who devours.
- 1774, Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (page 354)
  It is doubtful, whether we ought to ascribe any superior qualities to the more ancient Africans; for we find them represented […] as proud, lazy, deceitful, thievish, […] devourers of human flesh, and quaffers of human blood […]

Anagrams

overrude

Middle French

Verb

devourer

to devour; to consume; to eat

Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of devourer

		simple			compound
infinitive		devourer			avoir devouré
gerund		en devourant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		devourant
past participle		devouré
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	devoure	devoures	devoure	devourons	devourez	devourent
	imperfect	devourois, devouroys	devourois, devouroys	devouroit, devouroyt	devourions, devouryons	devouriez, devouryez	devouroient, devouroyent
	past historic	devoura	devouras	devoura	devourasmes	devourastes	devourerent
	future	devourerai, devoureray	devoureras	devourera	devourerons	devourerez	devoureront
	conditional	devourerois, devoureroys	devourerois, devoureroys	devoureroit, devoureroyt	devourerions, devoureryons	devoureriez, devoureryez	devoureroient, devoureroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	devoure	devoures	devoure	devourons	devourez	devourent
simple tenses	imperfect	devourasse	devourasses	devourast	devourassions	devourassiez	devourassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	devoure	—	devourons	devourez	—

Old French

Verb

devourer

Alternative form of devorer

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem deveur distinct from the unstressed stem devour. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation of devourer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		devourer			avoir devouré
gerund		en devourant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		devourant
past participle		devouré
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	deveur	deveures	deveure	devourons	devourez	deveurent
	imperfect	devouroie, devoureie, devouroe, devoureve	devouroies, devoureies, devouroes, devoureves	devouroit, devoureit, devourot, devoureve	devouriiens, devouriens	devouriiez, devouriez	devouroient, devoureient, devouroent, devourevent
	preterite	devourai	devouras	devoura	devourames	devourastes	devourerent
	future	devourerai	devoureras	devourera	devourerons	devoureroiz, devourereiz, devourerez	devoureront
	conditional	devoureroie, devourereie	devoureroies, devourereies	devoureroit, devourereit	devoureriiens, devoureriens	devoureriiez, devoureriez	devoureroient, devourereient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	deveur	deveurs	deveurt	devourons	devourez	deveurent
simple tenses	imperfect	devourasse	devourasses	devourast	devourissons, devourissiens	devourissoiz, devourissez, devourissiez	devourassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	deveure	—	devourons	devourez	—

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